Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will now answer Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 18 May 2006 as to whether she will meet with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to establish a programme of re-establishing community run farmers' markets. [24635/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As I indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No 10 of 18th May last, under the Casual Trading Act 1995, local authorities have responsibility for market rights within their functional areas.

Bord Bia, under the aegis of my Department, works closely with the local authorities and State agencies to ensure that this route to market is exploited fully for the benefit of local food producers and entrepreneurs.